Why Hopkins?

Our program is designed to help you realize your dream of a career in medicine. We are partners with our students and celebrate their successes. Below are some of the reasons post-bac students choose Johns Hopkins:

Results: unparalleled acceptance rate to leading medical schools

Expert individualized advising from entry into the program through the medical school admissions process

Recognition by medical schools of the excellence and rigor of the Hopkins science curriculum

Small, supportive, and close-knit community of outstanding, like-minded peers

Linkage opportunities for accelerated enrollment at some of the nation’s best medical schools

Events, workshops, and programs tailored to the needs and interests of post-bac premed students

Our commitment to each student’s success

Program completion within 9-14 months

Johns Hopkins University

Founded in 1876, Hopkins was the first modern research university in the United States, emphasizing research and the advancement of knowledge for its students and the world. The institution’s namesake and initial benefactor, Baltimore merchant Johns Hopkins, helped to establish both the Johns Hopkins University and Hospital with a $7 million endowment, the largest at the time.

In the decades since their establishment, the university and hospital have consistently held themselves to the high standards of the founder, and today both are considered among the finest in the country.

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Student Voices

Kimberly FiscellaSchool of Medicine & Dentistry, University of Rochester ‘20

“Although the postbac year at Hopkins was far and above the most challenging academic year of my life, I am so grateful for the students I shared this experience with as well as the academic endurance that the program built. Our class was collaborative and close-knit which made the difficult coursework less intimidating. The close friends and study partners that I found in the program are people to whom I am indebted for their unwavering support and companionship during what could’ve been an isolating year of study. Despite the large class size, lecturers were always willing to answer questions during office hours and even during class, which made the classes feel small. The advising offered by the program was constantly available for support and direction about everything from approaches to studying for a particular subject to how to decide whether or not to link. Without this program, getting ready to apply to medical school and getting into medical school would still be a dream. Instead, I wake up and pinch myself because nineteen months after I started the program at Hopkins, I am a very happy medical student.”

Kimberly Fiscella is a graduate of Dartmouth College where she had double majors in English and Psychology. She received a Post-Baccalaureate Intramural Research Training Award from the National Institutes of Health and worked on biomedical research in behavioral neuroscience at the National Institute of Drug Abuse before coming to Hopkins. Kimberly explored her interest in women’s health through her Medical Tutorial in pelvic reconstruction surgery.